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# Working as an electrician in Slovenia

In Slovenia, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes electricians, earns ≈ 2,594 EUR/month (gross, 2024). To work as an electrician in Slovenia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 30,432 € a year (current). Electrician is a regulated profession in Slovenia. Foreign qualifications go through: For self-employed/craft-provider electrical-installation work (F43.210), obtain the craft permit/register entry and show required professional qualification; this does not impose the same individual licence on every employee. In Slovenia, electricians are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers": ≈ 2,594 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For self-employed/craft-provider electrical-installation work (F43.210), obtain the craft permit/register entry and show required professional qualification; this does not impose the same individual licence on every employee.
- Recognition authority: For the craft-provider activity, the Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia (OZS) handles the craft permit/register; this is not a worker licence.
- Language requirement: The checked craft-provider activity and holder pages do not publish one language level/test applicable to every employed electrician and craft-provider route.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 30,432 €/year (current)

## Sources

Craft activity F43.210 and provider requirements; not a universal employee licence. — https://spot.gov.si/en/activities-and-professions/activities/electrical-installation
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Country work-route threshold — https://www.uradni-list.si/glasilo-uradni-list-rs/vsebina/2026-01-0572
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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  title = {Electrician in Slovenia: salary, recognition and shortage status},
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}
```

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